Europe in the High Middle Ages

pt. 1. Europe in the eleventh century. Christendom in the year 1000 -- Mediterranean Europe -- Northmen, Celts and Anglo-Saxons -- Francia/France -- Central Europe -- pt. 2. The Renaissance of the twelfth century. The investiture controversy -- The First Crusade -- The world of learning -- Cultural innovations of the twelfth century: vernacular literature and architecture -- Political power and its contexts I -- Political power and its contexts II -- pt. 3. The thirteenth century. Social structures -- The Pontificate of Innocent III and the Fourth Lateran Council -- Learning -- The kingdoms of the north -- Baltic and central Europe -- The gothic world -- Southern Europe -- pt. 4. Christendom in the early fourteenth century. Famine and plague -- Political and social violence -- The Church in crisis.